Reposted by Eric ThomasRyan Anderson @anthropologia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026this x 1000 right here 011
Reposted by Eric ThomasNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026valuing hustle unfairly privileges Indian supremacy over indigenous White ways of knowing 1383285
Reposted by Eric ThomasRobinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026major democracies electing far-right populist governments 131592282
Reposted by Eric ThomasWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16/09/2026#OtD 16 Sep 1973 Chilean communist folk singer and musician Victor Jara was murdered by Pinochet's troops following his US-backed coup a few days before. He was brutally tortured and shot over 40 times in the Chile Stadium stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8846... 312868
Eric Thomas @anthroeric.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Just back from an incredible conference imaging Just Ocean and Coastal Futures with a fabulous group of (mostly) new colleagues from around the world. So inspiring to be in the company of such amazing people! Thanks to Dr. Amelia Moore and #cornell for hosting us! #oceans #anthropology #environment 010
Eric Thomas @anthroeric.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Aw, I liked Howe’s What Hath God Wrought, but maybe that’s just me. Either way yeah the series is fantastic overall. 000
Reposted by Eric ThomasKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/08/2026What I’m trying to say is there are a lot of problems with academia, none of which are the thing these dickheads are complaining about, and the framing “academia is broken” is a strategy the dickheads use to stir up anti-intellectualism and undermine legitimate useful scholarship. 216919
Eric Thomas @anthroeric.bsky.social · 15/07/2026In Santiago eat in the Lastaria/Bellas Artes neighborhoods—artsy and student-y but much better and more authentic than the affluent, eastern side of the city. Also the walk up and view from Cerro Santa Lucia in the heart of town is great! 010
Reposted by Eric ThomasEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Actual leftists tend to have a zero-tolerance policy for nazis and a zero-tolerance policy for nazis means you're not on twitter. 181751270
Reposted by Eric ThomasPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... 4934521433
Reposted by Eric ThomasLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
Reposted by Eric ThomasBill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 04/05/2026AVERAGE WHITE MLB PLAYER: has 18 latino teammates he doesn’t speak to, believes the 2020 election was stolen and is in a group text with morgan wallen AVERAGE WHITE NBA PLAYER: wokest dude you’ve ever met, has gotten into several fistfights over a teammate being called a slur, knows every nas lyric 735107683
Reposted by Eric ThomasSharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant). 31510221
Reposted by Eric ThomasBrian Rosenworcel @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Steve Kerr spot on as usual 8366751411
Reposted by Eric ThomasSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 24/04/2026It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people. 8997753836
Reposted by Eric Thomas👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/04/2026they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now 10440481111
Reposted by Eric ThomasDr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026If you're wondering how the blockade is landing, this has been making its way around the naval nerds today 281144277
Reposted by Eric Thomas"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Space stuff is cool. We should do somewhat less war stuff and somewhat more space stuff. Artemis II is $4bn per launch, roughly the cost of 2-4 days of War in Iran. What if we did not do War in Iran, but instead did cool space stuff? 251656321
Reposted by Eric ThomasDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.socialnature.comMassive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administrationBudget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing. 26407315
Reposted by Eric ThomasCosmoQuest @cosmoquest.org · 02/04/2026There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit! 15456731595
Reposted by Eric ThomasSean Ehrlich @seandehrlich.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Blue sky’s reaction to the end of the game suggests that this NYT article is as off base as most of their stuff on politics have been recently. 2363269
Reposted by Eric Thomaselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The difference between these two is racism 771682250
Reposted by Eric ThomasJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Strong recommendation to teaching faculty to just say no to this stuff, even if you are AI curious/enthusiastic. This is meant to reduce faculty autonomy and capture human labor with automation. You're selling out your future self and the profession as a whole. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...insidehighered.comCanvas Unrolls AI Teaching AgentThe new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where c... 14711329
Reposted by Eric ThomasAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026my job as an academic isn't to predict the future, but "this will be even worse than you think it will be" has yet to serve me wrong as a guide to any given government choice during the Trump years 519519
Reposted by Eric ThomasCarly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Surely OUR center for stuff a 13 year old can do on a phone will be different from all those other centers for stuff a child can do with a phone! Math is canceled! 627345
Reposted by Eric ThomasMegan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 16/03/2026If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student. 240134584888
Reposted by Eric ThomasBen Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Donald Trump keeps doing things that help Vladimir Putin. benrhodes1.substack.com/p/how-putin-...benrhodes1.substack.comHow Putin Wins the War in IranRussia could be a beneficiary of Trump's war on Iran. 1214360
Eric Thomas @anthroeric.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The big fundamental. Hilarious on its face and an accurate assessment of his game. 020
Reposted by Eric ThomasDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Academics who risk everything by speaking out against the Regime, under the very real threat of being defunded or fired for speaking out against them, are way more patriotic than these corrupt authoritarians who wrap themselves in the flag while robbing our freedom and future. 5527102
Reposted by Eric ThomasProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 25/02/2026 211122303
Reposted by Eric ThomasJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/02/2026U2 just released a EP of songs about Ukraine, Iran, Gaza and Minneapolis and they sound more engaged than they have in years: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comU2 - Days Of Ash EP - YouTube 1452890
Reposted by Eric ThomasBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/02/2026“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.” Sounds accurate to me.wired.comThe Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just BeginningAs the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight. 121372530
Reposted by Eric ThomasMdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/ 8452172636
Reposted by Eric ThomasJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc. 252171584
Eric Thomas @anthroeric.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Five classes I took in college: Introduction to Existentialism France in 1968 Politics of contemporary Africa Buddhism in America Christ in the Gospels Hard to believe I was almost a religious studies major… 😆 040
Reposted by Eric ThomasDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Contrast this with like the Mar a Lago Gatsby party or whatever, absolute ghouls trying to stave off death and damnation vs sheer collective joy and solidarity 245879
Eric Thomas @anthroeric.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Over 600 people came out despite the 8 degree weather in Amherst today to show solidarity with #Minnesota and demand we #AbolishICE. Huge shoutout to the students from #ARPS— especially the middle and high schools— who showed up and showed out. #thekidsarealright #solidarity #democracy 030
Reposted by Eric ThomasMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 24/01/2026We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun 26198863892
Reposted by Eric ThomasG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this. 221131115034
Reposted by Eric ThomasKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls. If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening. 16576421206
Reposted by Eric ThomasBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026well well wellfortune.comAI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests | Fortune"Firms don't appear to be replacing workers with AI on a significant scale," the firm said. It suspects some are trying to "dress up layoffs" as good news. 842942741
Reposted by Eric ThomasNelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 09/01/2026We love to see universities caving to right wing hysteria both literally and figuratively paying the price for it 121505295
Reposted by Eric ThomasEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies 449246948997